Show j j i MEXICO BARED i f r I Ii GERMANS HERMANS I TO CO CONTROL IRL SOUTHERN S REPUBLIC LIC l I 6 CHARGE Planned Invasion of U. U S. S Secret Service Agent De De- Declares Declares clares dares Commercial Conquest of All Latin America Exposed Plot to War on America Had Cooperation Cooperation Cooperation Co Co- operation of Carranza Complete Details Detail Revealed By Associated Press NEW YORK Aug 23 Revelation elation Revelation of e extensive e German plots in in Mexico during the war which included a proposed invasion in of the United Stat States s by a German Mexican arm army of men at tho the same time that th the Germans launched their last drive dri on the western front in July 1918 was made here tonight by the National Association for the Protection of American Amen Ameri can cnn Rights in Mexico which gave ga out a s statement by Dr P. P B. B Altendorf formerly of the United States military intelligence department reciting hi his exp experience as an American secret t service ice agent in that country Dr Altendorf tho the son of or a P Polish lisl banker In Cracow Austrian Poland abandoned a medical course course- In itt the thu University of 0 Vienna at the outbreak of 0 the war and tIed l d to to- tolI l I Mexico where he lie was laS offered a a. position as n a a Grman O Ger Gr German r. r man spy to operate against tho the United Unit Unit Unit- ed etl Sat States s by Kurt Jahnke Jah head head of or the German secret et service In Mexico With pretended reluctance but bul bulwith with secret t joy acce ted he herald said and at once found r n s 's lr In In- pc s- s tion to render valuable service to the allies In general and to tho the United States In particular He opened communication with the border as a volunteer worker to the tho military intelligence department he claims and lat later r w wl was wa's as s sworn s In as a special agent of oC the military Intelligence Intelli gence department U. 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S In Ti Warned arnt Dr Altendorf warns the people of or ortho tho the United States against a proposed German commercial conquest of at Mex ex- ex ico a Within six months after atler the United States te ratifies tho the treaty he says Germany will havo have complete eco ceo economic economic control of ot Mexico Within a aver avery avery ver very few feu years rears Ie If th they y are permitted to carry ou out t the tho plans they the have havo ha vo formulated and are arc now executing as fast Cast as ns the they can the tho Germans will have absolute economic political and military control of or Latin America with headquarters in Mexico r Referring to tho the proposed invasion of ot the United States Dr Altendorf Allendorf sets seta forth that In his dual capacity aa M asa aaa Ma a captain In the German army and a colonel in th the Mexican arm army he ho helped to train soo G German Germin reservists In Sonora So- So nora who were to form torm the tho nucleus of oC the proposed Mexican German arm army and antl that In his true character as an American secret service agent ho he prevented prevented pre pre- v vented nt d the raid from rota being carried 0 out Ut Aided by C This ambitious scheme he said was seas financed by lIy Von Eckhardt German German German Ger Ger- man ambassador to Mexico and was und undertaken with the operation co-operation of or Dr Alt nd rf numerating enumerating his 1119 servIces services ices in Mexico says sas in part r I delivered red Into tho the hands of 0 the United States military authorities the thc C German lerman agent ng-ent Lathar Wilkes lIke alias Pablo Pallo tho the most Important Individual capture Of t the var war ar so O faras far tar faras taros as os America was waa concern concerned d. d iski boasted to me that he had blown up several se plants and stores of or explosives 5 Including J the Black Torn Tom explosion in Now Zi York ble blew up some ships and anti caused disastrous firca firc In th time Llio forests of ot the Pacific northwest WAS on his way way to the United d States b by W way L of oC oCo Nogales o ales Ariz j jon on another ml mission o of murder and de destruction de- de deJ J when captured b by me On I ifs hrs l person lerson erson was wa found a n copy COP of or th thi i I German Imperial code was and ami from tho the fact that his ils case Is is before the Pr President for foi- have been sentenced sen- sen re Is believed o to lJ death S 'S T I also betrayed e fifty eight t other I German lerman a agents agent nn and t thus enabled the j i In Intelligence department to to keep effective watch on on them theta not noto notto renegade Americans to o ren who were givIng aid and comfort to the he enemy Other acts nets for which h Dr r Altendorf claims calms credit Include Discovery ery of or two wo German ss t stations In Mexico I capable of or r J messages 8 from that hut country reporting the plan for tor lh he German submarine ral raW along the American coa coast in April 1915 one month before r it actually f took ok place r reporting agents ts nh sent b by Germans German In J tp poison cattle c. in the United States and tho the revolution revelation of or a a. plot I by four tour Germans to blow up the hY hydro hydroelectric r I electric plant at nt Niagara ara Falls Calling CaUblE attention to Gerna derman co corn com 1 plans In Mexico Dr reports that tho the first attempt to carr out an ambitious German scheme t f fo the economic cp conquest and military domination of or Mexico was wa's was plan originated by the Germ Gorman German n consul B-ademacher B at Guaymas Guamas with the ac Uye lye ltd aId of Q Goer Governor or Calles to build cement plant with a ca capacity l. l of or bags bag a month at Hermosillo Sonora The foundations foundation were completed he added adde and materials for tor the tho superstructure super structure wore vore on the ground in July 1917 1911 when I report reported d the scheme ii 11 time to stop It and the factory had t tibe tr ti b bo be abandoned until after the Uie treaty had b been n 61 signed d. d This factor was to furnish the cement for tor rebuildIng rebuildIng rebuilding rebuild rebuild- Ing piers and other structures am bul building new new on ones S on the west coast coat The American people ought t to tc know ho continues that Mexico wai wa as not neutral during the war but at ai enem enemy active to the extent of Its limIted lim- lim capacity Mexico gave ni uc ne fewer than ef eighty German officer commissions In tho the Mexican army am anc and assigned them to train troops for tor serIce serice ser servIce ice a the United States German Germai uniforms were worn so commonly It Ir Mexico that even the local Mexican papers complained about It Moreover Morio Mori- Mori Moreover More More- o over er b by Carranza's direct orders MexIcan Mexican Mex Mex- ican tele telegraph raph were thrown open oper to German code messages I personally personal carried orders orders' from Carranza to Governor Gov Gov- Calles to permit the spy ski to send code messages freely In ID raT Pay of Germany Prominent Mexican officials are alleged al al- al- al lc ed by bt- Dr Altendorf Allendorf to have been on the payroll of ot tho the German embassy lie He says Bas Mario Mendez Mender director of ot telegraphs telegraphs tele tele- graphs s received a of ot GOO a month from von van Eckhardt His brother a n senator with Influence re received re- re tho the same salary A third brother who held a a. position In the tho also received a month for opening and r reading private letters and passing tho ho information along to the Germans s. s n n ur r nJ C lIUto aca u. u mat 41 ue ae ally aUy late in November 1917 carried a request from Governor Calles of at Sonora Sonora Sonora So- So nora to the German consul consul consul con con- sul at Guaymas for tor saw the money lOoney put in a bl big and carried the ha hag accompanied by to to toCa Ca II c. c Continuing tho the statement st says sas sasI I I was able to discover that Von Eckhard has guaranteed to Carr Carranza z ai an abundance of at capital to turn Mexico Into an Industrial l country In fact tact Von Yon Eckhardt went wont to Germany last Jast April for Cor tho the express s purpose of ot financing g German corporations and perfectinG other arrangements for building g groat t ct chemical plants textile I factories tanneries and all th the other othor Industries necessary to o make Mexico independent of ot the tho United States and Europe G Germoni Hegira t Predicted As As soon n as its the time treaty treat Is b ratified there will wIl be he a he hegira lra of ot a So quarter ofa of ot n. n million Germans front from rom the tho United who will take t with thc theta them to Mexico o four Cour hundred million dollars capital There Thero n aro no o already 1 OOOO Germans in Mexico and German Immigration gration on a l large rGe scale will scale will soon turn the tho country into a German coony colony The activity of or C Carranza in carryIng carrying carry carry- l Ing E Americans ns out and confiscating their property Is explained by the fact that Germans with plenty of at money stand Hand rend ready to o pick up the tho property at bargain rates The Time full tull significance of all nU this be becomes be- be comes apparent when I tell you further further fur fur- ther tImer that part of oC tho the Gorman German scheme provides for tor greAt munitions plants at nt Mexico CIl City which will make It un unnecessary Ui necessary for Mexico to Import war materials In tho the future ture The tre treaty ty Continued on P. P Page Pase e 2 PLOT IN MEXICO BARED Carranza operated Co-operated With Germany 1 i in n Plan to Invade Invade In In- vade U United States Continued from page 1 restricts the manufacture of or of t peace munitions of war In Germany German but it Germans doesn't doesn't say anything about manufacturing as as large quantities an no anthey nothey In to Mexico Thus there cre the they please c practical difficulty In the way of or is no for tho tine next war Germanys Germany's a plans plan or German agents arc active evenI everywhere every even I where In Latin I and the newspapers newspapers news news- I papers have hive told us there is to bo be ex- ex ex extensive German Immigration to that part of oC the worM world in tho the near future The Tho result of the tho war var did not end the tho German dream of ot world conquest it merely merel delayed d dla laed ed It It |